PrivateFly, a private jet booking platform, ranked Orlando Melbourne International Airport as one of the world's most scenic runway approaches. Melbourne has more to brag about. It was ranked the 29th best place to live by U.S. News & World Report.(Photo11: PrivateFly)

U.S. News & World Report named Colorado Springs, Colo., the second best place to live in the United States.(Photo11: AP)

U.S. News analyzed the 125 most populous metro areas to find the best places to live. To make the top of the list, a place had to have good value, be a desirable place to live, have a strong job market and a high quality of life.

The metro areas are evaluated using data from sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Labor and U.S. News' internal resources.

That data was was categorized into five indexes — job market, value, quality of life, desirability and net migration — and then evaluated using a methodology determined by Americans' preferences. The percent weighting for each index follows the answers from a public survey in which Americans voted for what they believed was the most important thing to consider when thinking about moving.

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